The teaching of literature is to be made examinationoriented. This is an interactive method which involves the verbal exchange of views, opinions or ideas. Literary theory and teaching of literature in the twenty first century munazza yaqoob department of english, female campus, international islamic university, islamabad, pakistan abstract. Survey of methods of teaching english and literature among. Pdf the effect of teaching literature on learning english. Focus of this paper this paper focuses on some creative techniques to promote the teaching learning of english literature. Poetry ideas in teaching literature and writing to foreign students. Write 2 challenges you faced when teaching literature to your students. Use of literature in teaching english sciencedirect. Focus of this paper this paper focuses on some creative techniques to promote the teachinglearning of english literature.
Anne therese lovstuhagen mastergradsavhandling ved institutt for l. It is expected that such interactive teaching in eeducation era can improve the teaching effect and. Lesson plan overview for fundamentals of literature, 2nd ed. It is a venture that has enabled both the students and myself to benefit from the virtues of multimedia and researchled teaching in. Teaching literature in english at high school level. A study of the effects of teaching literature on improving. Written by leading academic, prolific author and cultural journalist, elaine showalteroriginal and provocative reflections on teaching literature in higher educationencourages teachers to make their classroom practice intellectually excitingwideranging covers the.
Central institute of indian languages, mysore, india 2. Syllabus for seminar on the teaching of literature stanford. Particularly in the area of literary education, the focus on competences and their. Teaching techniques the natural approach in the classroom the natural approach is designed to develop basic communication skills. A teacher can make a significant difference in how a student is able to learn from and appreciate literature in a foreign language. Literature in education is aimed at developing the potential of students in a holistic, balanced and. Methods of teaching literature in secondary schools. Teaching literary theory to adolescents, 2nd edition. The teaching of literature can be generally seen through the three models presented by carter and long 1991.
Contemporary childrens literature program to upper primary school. Abstract although methods of teaching foreign languages have greatly improved as a result of pedagogic and linguistic research, the teaching of literature has remained traditional, emphasizing exposure rather than achievement and directed to students of superior ability. Pdf the approaches to teaching literature for efl young. Literature is more experienced than taught glazer, 1986, p. Application of literary theory in teaching literaturea. Teaching literature in the classroom is not an easy task and often challenging for both the teacher and student. Teaching literature in lower secondary school is the teaching of literature in the 9th grade based on the personalresponse approach, or the readerresponse approach to literature. Using classroom observations and interview as research instruments, this paper evaluates the approaches of five esl teachers teaching year 5 students and examines the various challenges faced by them in the teaching of literature.
Consequently, it is indispensable to find out some creative techniques to teach english literature to the indian students. Discussion groups conducted by selected student chairpersons yes, and what else. It has been accepted for inclusion in masters theses 1911. Teaching help 2e 25 treasure island chapter 4 8690 quiz 2d teaching help 2f 26 treasure island chapter 5 9194 quiz 2e teaching help 2g teaching help 2h 2728 writing lesson 2a. The writer then presents an original analysis which gets over some of the difficulties found in the earlier analyses. Literature in english departments in the arab world in english teaching forum. New teaching methods for adults good practices manual this project has been funded with support from the european commission. Methods of teaching literature santoni 1972 foreign.
Literature in elt the use of literature in the elt classroom is enjoying a revival for a number of reasons. Characteristics and strategies of literature teaching in the efl. Methods used in teaching and learning of literature in the esl classroom and adult learners attitude article pdf available january 2017 with 12,323 reads how we measure reads. Thus, a focus on the approaches employed by teachers in the teaching of literature component in english would be of great value and interest. Understand and use a variety of assessment strategies, when teaching literature, to evaluate and modify the teaching learning process, 8. There is a need to discover if the literature component in english is taught in line with its aims and objectives. This book is part of a series which is concerned with teaching techniques and problems at a practical level, providing teachers with guidance and assistance in the classroom. Editor of teaching in higher education taylor and francis, she still teaches and writes on her disciplinary specialisation, greek tragedy, and is a senior member of the faculty of classics, cambridge. The relevance of literary analysis to teaching literature in the efl classroom. This publication communication reflects the views only of the author, and the commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. However, here the perspective changes giving more relevance to the literary text as a work of art. Having formed part of traditional language teaching approaches, literature became less popular when language teaching and learning started to focus on the functional use of language. Study and analysis of lecture model of teaching gurpreet kaur research scholar, singhania university 2k9phdh1546 lecture as a model of teaching is frequently criticized, but this is a fact that it has managed to survive so long in pace of many technological developments howe.
Even though the selected texts in these textbooks are. Anna patricia garvey university of massachusetts amherst follow this and additional works at. Approaches employed by teachers in teaching literature to. If you are unable to view the pdf file, you can download the free reader from. Teaching literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of english and american literature in higher education. Survey of methods of teaching english and literature among secondary school teachers in benue state 850 discussion method. The teaching of literature component in the english language classroom heavily relies on the traditional methods like tell them and test them1. Twenty first century is regarded as the age of globalization, transnationalism and telecommunication. First is the difficulty of the vocabulary and syntax, and teachers should look for works that match the level they are teaching. It is expected that such interactive teaching in e. This article tries to explore a particular technique in literature classroom. Here, i want to argue we teach our students in the english literature class or seminar room to be literary crifics. Dec 30, 2002 teaching literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of english and american literature in higher education.
How to teach and learn english literature in eeducation era. Understand and use a variety of assessment strategies, when teaching literature, to evaluate and modify the teachinglearning process, 8. This is a term that has fallen into disfavour and so. Then, read the challenges faced by one of your coursemates and suggest possible ways to overcome the. Besides, by literature teaching, teachers can also get learners to learn about history because literature usually contains some historic knowledge, just as some put it, literature and history always coexist. Characteristics and strategies of literature teaching in the.
It is thus viewed as a specialized mode of using language especially by the russian formalists. Pdf emthis paper reports on a case study of the teachers approaches to teaching literature for young learners in bandung. Using literature in efl classrooms, ebook published by the british council or contributors, pp. The general objectives are directly linked to the general aims for teaching literature inenglish listed on page ii of this syllabus and form the basis for the selection and organization of the themes and their unit topics. Class discussion conducted by teacher and what else. Be aware of a variety of young adult literature and arguments for and against its use. Challenges in my literature classroom digitalstories4elt. This study focuses on teacher s approaches and challenges. This volume examines the place of literature in the efl classroom and contains suggestions for activities designed to stimulate an interest in literature among the students. This essay also investigates and compares how well teaching english literature, in accordance with each of these two learning theories, fulfills stipulations in the swedish national curriculum for high school courses english 5, 6 and 7. Other things that make literature difficult are the. New ways of teaching literature llas centre for languages.
The relevance of literary analysis to teaching literature in. Models to teaching literature carter and long 1991 state there are three models of teaching literature. Using literature in esl efl classes has been a matter of intensive debate, at least for those who devaluate teaching literature to nonnative students in favour of employing only the traditional. Showalter teaching literature pdf teaching literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of english and. This analysis takes a certain subset of the situations we commonly include as teaching and defines them behaviourally using the ethological concept of goalcorrected behaviour. According to this theory literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language and deviates systematically from every day speech. It is hoped that the results of this study will provide evidence as to the nature of two basic teaching method virtually used in nursery and primary education play way method and story telling method and their distinctive approach. Literature published by shanhai translation publishing house, history and anthology of american literature published by foreign language teaching and research press, and the scholars library for the study of amrican literature published by nankai university press. The implication is that literature teaching with the aims of developing students. I regard the teaching of english literature and the teaching of spelling, grammar, and rhetoric as two different professions. The teachers in literature revealed that their common strategies used in teaching the literature subjects were dramatization and roleplaying p1l34, l11, l16, lecture and reporting p1l7,l16,l29. Teaching accounting courses, methods and tools, information and communication technology, literature research approaches, heis european scientific journal october 20 edition vol.
The inclass teaching activities include multimedia teaching, students presentation, text drama, etc. The general objectives are directly linked to the general aims for teaching literatureinenglish listed on page ii of this syllabus and form the basis for the selection and organization of the themes and their unit topics. Read the general objectives very carefully before you start teaching. Critical analysis of literature somehow destroys pleasure in it.
Be aware of and able to implement a variety of culturally diverse literature selections in the secondary classroom, 9. Literature may not have a usevalue in the sense that biology textbooks. Thus, a focus on the approaches employed by teachers in teaching the literature component in english would be of great value and interest. English literature teaching, as an important component of liberal arts, has become a popular course of foreign language learning in many nonnative countries.
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